1. Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics

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2. Effects of an exercise programme on self-esteem, self-concept and quality of life in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial

   • Aida M. García-Martínez
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   • Sara Márquez

   Original Article 27 March 2011 Pages: 1869 - 1876

3. Outcome of reclassification of World Health Organization (WHO) class III under International Society of Nephrology-Renal Pathology Society (ISN-RPS) classification: retrospective observational study

   • Jiwon Hwang
   • Hyung Jin Kim
   • Hoon-Suk Cha

   Original Article 27 March 2011 Pages: 1877 - 1884

   

4. Evaluation of SV40-transformed synovial fibroblasts in the study of rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis

   • K. L. Wagoner
   • R. A. Bader

   Original Article 29 March 2011 Pages: 1885 - 1891

   

5. Meta-analysis of NOD2/CARD15 polymorphisms with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

   • KunJu Zhu
   • XianYong Yin
   • XueJun Zhang

   Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1893 - 1900

   

6. Fatigue and severity of rheumatoid arthritis in Moroccan patients

   • Yousra Ibn Yacoub
   • Bouchra Amine
   • Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni

   Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1901 - 1907

   

7. Effect of anti-TNF treatment on sleep problems in ankylosing spondylitis

   • Ömer Karadağ
   • Dilek Nakas
   • İhsan Ertenli

   Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1909 - 1913

8. Who was Pontormo’s Halberdier? The evidence from pathology

   • George M. Weisz
   • W. R. Albury
   • Marco Matucci-Cerinic

   Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1915 - 1920

   

9. Induced sputum as a method for detection of systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease

   • Neslihan Yilmaz
   • Yasin Abul
   • Sule Yavuz

   Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1921 - 1925

10. Serum concentrations of antiphospholipid and anticardiolipin antibodies are higher in HIV-infected women

    • Alireza Abdollahi
    • Afsaneh Morteza

    Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1927 - 1932

    

11. Severe vascular complications in patients affected by systemic sclerosis cyclically treated with iloprost

    • Paola Caramaschi
    • Alessandra Dalla Gassa
    • Domenico Biasi

    Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 1933 - 1938

12. Familial juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus in Arab children

    • Sulaiman Al-Mayouf
    • Reem Abdwani
    • Safia Al-brawi

    Original Article 02 April 2011 Pages: 1939 - 1943

    

13. QT dispersion in amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever

    • Udi Nussinovitch
    • Naomi Nussinovitch
    • Avi Livneh

    Original Article 02 April 2011 Pages: 1945 - 1948

14. Balneotherapy in fibromyalgia: a single blind randomized controlled clinical study

    • Seçil Özkurt
    • Arif Dönmez
    • Nergis Erdoğan

    Original Article 02 April 2011 Pages: 1949 - 1954

15. Economic impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and familial Mediterranean fever

    • Ilker Kemal Yucel
    • Emire Seyahi
    • Nil Arisoy

    Original Article Open access 03 April 2011 Pages: 1955 - 1962

16. Successful treatment of SAPHO syndrome with severe spinal disorder using entercept: a case study

    • L. L. Zhang
    • J. X. Zhao
    • X. Y. Liu

    Original Article 03 April 2011 Pages: 1963 - 1965

    

17. Serum adenosine deaminase may predict disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

    • Batool Zamani
    • Raika Jamali
    • Arsia Jamali

    Original Article 03 April 2011 Pages: 1967 - 1975

    

18. Superoxide release in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

    • Roberto Marini
    • Antonio Condino-Neto
    • Lilian T. L. Costallat

    Original Article 03 April 2011 Pages: 1977 - 1983

    

19. Respiratory symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis: relation to pulmonary abnormalities detected by high-resolution CT and pulmonary functional testing

    • Amir A. Youssef
    • Shereen A. Machaly
    • Nermeen M. El-Maghraby

    Original Article 03 April 2011 Pages: 1985 - 1995

20. Evaluation of functional ability of rheumatoid arthritis based on HAQ score and BMD among South Indian patients

    • U. Snekhalatha
    • M. Anburajan

    Original Article 05 April 2011 Pages: 1997 - 2004

    

21. Increased expression of IL-1 receptors in response to IL-1β may produce more IL-6, IL-8, VEGF, and PGE₂ in senescent synovial cells induced in vitro than in presenescent cells

    • Jina Park
    • Hyun Mi Choi
    • Kyoung Soo Kim

    Original Article 06 April 2011 Pages: 2005 - 2010

    

22. Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and its association with HLA-B27: a retrospective study from south China

    • Benrong Zheng
    • Tianwang Li
    • Jieruo Gu

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 2011 - 2016

    

23. TNFα-mediated apoptosis in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes sensitized by PI3K-NF-κB inhibitor, not mTOR inhibitor

    • Deling Li
    • Zhihong Wu
    • Guixing Qiu

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 2017 - 2022

    

24. CIP2A expression is associated with synovial hyperplasia and invasive function of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis

    • Jaejoon Lee
    • Eun-Jung Park
    • Eun-Mi Koh

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 2023 - 2030

    

25. Pulmonary abnormalities on high-resolution computed tomography in ankylosing spondylitis: relationship to disease duration and pulmonary function testing

    • Oya Özdemir
    • Meltem Gülsün Akpınar
    • H. Zafer Hasçelik

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 2031 - 2036

    

26. Psychometric properties evaluation of the quality of life Questionnaire of the European foundation for Osteoporosis in Arabic population

    • Samira Rostom
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    • Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni

    Original Article 09 April 2011 Pages: 2037 - 2049

    

27. Expression of inducible co-stimulator on peripheral blood T lymphocytes in patients with lupus nephritis

    • Wen-Xian Li
    • Hai-Feng Pan
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    Original Article 11 April 2011 Pages: 2051 - 2055

    

28. High Frequencies and co-existing of myositis-specific autoantibodies in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies overlapped to rheumatoid arthritis

    • Ayako Nakajima
    • Koichiro Yoshino
    • Hisashi Yamanaka

    Original Article 11 April 2011 Pages: 2057 - 2061

29. Behçet’s disease in Brazilian patients: demographic and clinical features

    • Zoraida Sachetto
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    • Manoel Barros Bertolo

    Original Article 11 April 2011 Pages: 2063 - 2067

    

30. Comparison of radiological indices (SASSS, M-SASSS, BASRI-s, BASRI-t) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    • Gulcan Gurer
    • Bulent Butun
    • Ayse Iyiyapici Unubol

    Original Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 2069 - 2074

31. Tc-99m sestamibi lower extremity muscle scan, is it a useful screening tool for assessment of preclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients?

    • Amr M. Amin
    • Zeinab O. Nawito
    • Khaled T. El-Hadidi

    Original Article 13 April 2011 Pages: 2075 - 2081

    

32. Association of TNF-α promoter-308 A/G polymorphism with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis

    • Hai-Feng Pan
    • Rui-Xue Leng
    • Dong-Qing Ye

    Original Article 16 April 2011 Pages: 2083 - 2092

    

33. Effect of Pilates training on people with ankylosing spondylitis

    • L. Altan
    • N. Korkmaz
    • M. Yurtkuran

    Original Article 17 April 2011 Pages: 2093 - 2099

34. Heterogeneity of biological bone markers in Idiopathic Male Osteoporosis

    • Michel Laroche

    Original Article 17 April 2011 Pages: 2101 - 2104

    

35. Association of toll-like receptor 9 gene polymorphism in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan

    • Chung-Ming Huang
    • Po-Hao Huang
    • Fuu-Jen Tsai

    Original Article 17 April 2011 Pages: 2105 - 2109

36. Pulmonary function test: its correlation with pulmonary high-resolution computed tomography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    • Daza Leonel
    • Cervantes Lucia
    • Murillo Blanca

    Original Article 17 April 2011 Pages: 2111 - 2116

    

37. Fatigue in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: prevalence and relationships with disease-specific variables, psychological status, and sleep disturbance

    • N. Aissaoui
    • S. Rostom
    • N. Hajjaj-Hassouni

    Original Article 24 April 2011 Pages: 2117 - 2124

    

38. Accuracy of ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block measured with neurostimulation

    • Mehmet A. Taskaynatan
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    Original Article 27 April 2011 Pages: 2125 - 2128

    

39. Efficacy of Vitamin D in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate therapy

    • Mansour Salesi
    • Ziba Farajzadegan

    Original Article 27 April 2011 Pages: 2129 - 2133

40. IL1B -511(G>A) and IL1RN (VNTR) allelic polymorphisms and susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis in Croatian population

    • Zdravko Jotanovic
    • Godfrey Essien Etokebe
    • Zlatko Dembic

    Original Article 27 April 2011 Pages: 2135 - 2141

41. Association of Rsa polymorphism of the estrogen receptor-β gene with rheumatoid arthritis

    • Hiromi Sato
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    Original Article 27 April 2011 Pages: 2143 - 2148

    

42. Prevalence of neuropathic pain among black African patients suffering from common low back pain

    • Dieu-Donné Ouédraogo
    • Victor Nonguierma
    • Joseph Y Drabo

    Original Article 28 April 2011 Pages: 2149 - 2153

43. Evaluation of the effects of Global Postural Reeducation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    • Eliane Maria Silva
    • Sandra C. Andrade
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    Original Article 05 May 2011 Pages: 2155 - 2163

    

44. CD28 proximal promoter polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility

    • Aniel Jessica Leticia Brambila-Tapia
    • Ingrid P. Dávalos-Rodríguez
    • Mario Salazar-Páramo

    Original Article 05 May 2011 Pages: 2165 - 2168

45. A case of Degos disease successfully treated with corticosteroid combined with cyclophosphamide

    • Tomohiro Kameda
    • Hiroaki Dobashi
    • Toshihiko Ishida

    Case Report 30 March 2010 Pages: 2169 - 2173

    

46. Serious menstrual bleeding associated with use of TNF alpha blocker: two cases

    • Cemal Bes
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    Case Report 30 March 2010 Pages: 2175 - 2176

47. Misdiagnosis of Behçet’s disease with unknown protracted fever and chill after surgical excision of cardiac tumor

    • Yu Zou
    • Yiming Ni
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    Case Report 30 March 2010 Pages: 2177 - 2179

    

48. DRESS syndrome with fatal results induced by sodium valproate in a patient with brucellosis and a positive cytoplasmic antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody test result

    • Fatih Albayrak
    • Serkan Cerrah
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    Case Report 31 March 2010 Pages: 2181 - 2184

    

49. Proteus Takayasu’s arteritis with unusual intracranial granulomatosis as initial manifestation

    • Yu Qiang Chen
    • Yuan Wang
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    Case Report 31 March 2010 Pages: 2185 - 2188

    

50. A case report of systemic lupus erythematosus combined with Castleman’s disease and literature review

    • Jing-yan Xia
    • Xi-yuan Chen
    • Jing Xue

    Case Report 31 March 2010 Pages: 2189 - 2193